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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Blueberry, White Chocolate & Lime Muffins

I AM SO TIRED. Moving is tiring, and I've barely even started. It's a bit of a struggle to lift my arms to type.

There is no long explanation for these muffins, I'm trying to get rid of stuff from my kitchen. Frozen blueberries, limes from Mum and a random block of white chocolate went into these Blueberry, White Chocolate & Lime Muffins.

I based it on a muffin recipe from Exclusively Food, they always have great basic recipes. These muffins are great; a crisp, golden crunchy muffin top and not the least bit dry inside. No mixer needed, just two bowls and some stirring.

You may notice in the before pics I had different muffin papers than the ones that ended up in the after photos. Yeah, the original papers had some serious structural integrity issues. It got messy. Anyway muffins good, Steph tired. I gave up after taking a few photos and ate a muffin right there.

200g blueberries (I used frozen (not defrosted) but fresh will work too)

125g butter, melted (can replace with vegetable oil)

Preheat oven to 190°C (375°F) (170°C (340°F) if fan-forced). Line a muffin tray with papers. Whisk lime juice, zest, milk and egg in a medium bowl until well combined. Place self-raising flour, brown sugar and white chocolate in a large bowl. Add blueberries and gently stir to combine.

Add butter and egg mixture to the dry ingredients. Gently stir until just combined and take care not to overmix. Fill prepared muffin papers about 3/4 full. Bake for about 22-27 mins, a skewer or knife inserted into the centre of a muffin should come out without any batter attached and if you press lightly on the centre of a muffin; if it springs back, it's ready. (I used oversized muffin papers so it took a bit longer.) Best eaten fresh out of the oven, but can be stored in an airtight container at room temp for a couple days (and can be microwaved before eaten, or frozen to store).

Poor you! I know moving is tiring but it's worth it! Knowing your home is just the way you want it to be is priceless and very satisfying :) Hang in there!These muffin look just like the comfort food one needs after an exhausting day. Great recipe!xo Julia

Hope you're getting some help with the moving. It sure can be a pain. Hopefully these muffins cheered you up a little. Very creative of you to come up with a recipe with left over ingredients. They sound delightful!

Hi Steph, the muffins look georgous. I'm interested to know how you got your muffins to bake normally. I used the same (?) paper liner myself this weekend and as per usual (not the first time), my cupcake went all lopsided and didn't bake evenly. Here's a pic if you're interested http://ontotheplate.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/hideous-paper-liners.jpgI'm ready to toss them out but seeing your muffins looking just perfect makes me question what I'm doing wrong. Your photos are lovely. Hope the move and settling in goes well. Cheers.

Aww I totally feel your pain! I've had issues with this type of liner too. I'm not sure if it was just luck the last two times I've used them but I haven't had as much trouble. I definitely notice you can't fill them too high, and if you use a lot of butter/oil in your batter it tends to make the paper greasy. But the last two recipes on my blog seemed to be incident free! Not 100% sure if these ones are the same as yours, these silver ones are a much thicker paper than the ones I normally see in stores.

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